This week's JUGs challenge was to use Red, Pink & White... in the spirit of Valentines Day :) I paired it up with the JUGs sketch from a couple of weeks ago. The quote is from Paper Makeup Stamps and the paper is from SEI, quick simple fun card! Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon.
This seems to be a BIG Birthday month, I have several friends celebrating. These little gift package sets are perfect to have laying around for busy months like this.
My box was made using the BRAND new For Keeps template from My Time Made Easy. Check out the Gallery for the For Keeps template, there are 2 ways to put this together... they are both fabulous!!!
I swiped the sketch for my card from this week's JUGs sketch challenge...fabulous sketch! Visit some of my My Time friends to see what they've whipped up for ya...
Stamps: Keep Strong, Sentimental Occassions, Killer Curves (My Time Made Easy) Paper: in the Treetops (SEI), Dark Chocolate (PTI), Very Vanilla (SU!) Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Angel Pink (Memento) Template: For Keeps (My Time Made Easy) Challenges: JUGS91
Today some of the Paper Makeup Stamps Design Team are joining with the Quixotic Paperie Design Team to throw the spotlight on the Paper Makeup Stamps range as part of Quixotic Paperie's 2nd Anniversary celebrations (Quixotic Paperie are the UK online stockist for Paper Makeup Stamps)!
The Paper Makeup Stamps range is available in the UK/Europe at Quixotic Paperie.
Now for some more inspiration! Hop on over to each of the blogs below to see some fantastic Paper Makeup Stamps creations!
Thanks for joining us and we hope you are enjoying all the Paper Makeup Stamps loveliness.
Stamps: Laugh as Much wordart (Paper Makeup Stamps) Paper: Early Bird (Cosmo Cricket), Riding Hood Red (SU!), Very Vanilla (SU!) Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento) Accessories: Lettuce Dimensional Pearls (Adirondack), Old Olive ribbon (SU!), misc flowers (Prima), Candy Dots Challenges: JUGS89, MOJO195
Woot woot it's the weekend!!!! Today Paper Makeup Stamps is sponsoring the JUGs challenge, which is a gorgeous Color Challenge from my friend, Lisa Kind! The colors are Baja Breeze, Soft Sky, Pink Pirouette and So Saffron... yeah, I kinda a little "darker" palette than that. I just couldn't find dsp that fit. The rockin' Katie (owner of PMS) is giving away a $20 Gift certificate to Paper Makeup Stamps to one lucky challenge winner so make sure you get your "inky on" and link up your challenge here. Can't wait to see what you create. Thanks for stopping by, see ya back here tomorrow for the very FIRST My Time Made Easy Color Challenge!
Stamps: Aurora's Dolly (Paper Makeup Stamps), sentiment (Paper Makeup Stamps) Paper: Stella Rose - Gertie (MME), Lagoon cs (Bazzill), Choice Butter Cream (Taylored Expressions) Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento) Accessories: Ribbon (Taylored Expressions), Blush button (PTI), Bakers Twine (Taylored Expressions), Baby Blue Liquid Pearls Copics: B000, E000, 00, 21, R20, 21, Y21, YR20 Challenges: Mojo182, JUGs76
I'm a little late posting this, but this beautiful set is called Raindrops and Rainbows Add-ons by Paper Makeup Stamps. This is a newly released set (released on the 7th) and it goes perfectly with the Raindrops and Rainbows set and the Springtime Solids set. The JUGs girls' challenge this week is a great technique challenge called Acrylic Smash technique, there is a great tutorial here on SCS. This technique is perfect for a cloudy sky look and soooooo easy peasy! I stamped my sentiment on the acetate, but I stamped the rainbow image on some PTI White cs and colored it with my Copics. Then I added some white Sparkly fluff for the clouds.
Thanks so much for coming by! Hope to see you again soon.
Holy Snickerdoodles that's a moutful, lol! The amazingly talented Eva Dobilas invited several people to participate in her first ever Butterfly Blog Linky Party, and I was lucky enough to be included. Are you kidding me?? A chance to do a hop with Eva, of course!!!! Grab yourself a latte and a cozy chair and enjoy the hop (there is some AMAZING talent in this hop!). Anyhooo, Eva asked us to make something with butterflies... how fun and spring-y is that?!? I immediately thought of the Flutters and Flowers cut files from MTME and what goes with butterflies better than flowers? These flowers are from the Sensational Stems set from MTME. I used last week's sketch from JUGs.
With wedding invitations out of the way (whew!) and my VERY sick puppy on the mend (hopefully)... I got to spend today just stamping away :) ahhhhhhhhh, therapy! I have lots to post this week so I hope you'll come back often to visit (I just love having guests).
We recently got some fabulous news that someone very dear to us is getting married, so naturally I've got "wedding on the brain" (NO it's not the DD... bite your tongue!). Lauren being the fabulously brilliant person that she is foresaw all of this and of course this months' My Time Made Easy release is just PERFECT!!! For the top of the box, the sentiment is from the new Bold Botanicals stamp set. For the flower (I followed the same steps that Kristin used on her blog post here) I used MTME's Fanciful Flowers cut file, and chose the 6 petal flower sizing it to 2". I have found that I MUCH prefer using my Cricut and .svg files than using a punch. I love being able to size it to whatever I want!! I followed Tim Holtz' tutorial to get the look I have here. Kristin sponged the color on to her flower, but I have come to terms with my complete inability to sponge and chose to airbrush instead. I airbrushed the flowers after cutting them out using R30, R32 and R24 Copics (in that order). Once colored, I sprayed them all with some Baby's Breath Shimmer Spritz. and used my embossing gun to dry it. Once my flower was assembled I "spritzed" a little more R32 and R24, then a little more Shimmer Spritz to dampen the flower so I could sprinkle some Lily White Glitter on it. That beautiful paper on the top and inside of the box were designed by Kristin and are part of the Serenity pack.
I was thinking that this adorable little Creative Card Candy box would be perfect sitting at everyone's place as a little 'thank you' for coming (here is the inside). I put some little tea lights in there (that smell fabulous!), but chocolates or those colored almonds would fit just as nicely.
And the card could be used for 'Thank You notes' afterwards, of course with a coordinating envelope! The card and envelope are from the Creative Card & Envelope 1 Cut File. I enlarged the card and envelope cut files to 140% to get the size I wanted. For the front of the card I used the Framed Elegance stamp set along with the Framed Elegance cut file. I cut the center of the Fame out and popped it up, the sentiment is stamped on an oval and lies flat on the card. TO give my frame a little texture without taking away from the sentiment piece or the paper, I cut it out of pink cs and embossed with clear ep. I REALLY love the look of this little set! Want some more inspiration from this month's MTME release? Check out what Lauren and Debbie have to share. Thanks for popping by, hope to see you tomorrow for the MTME Group Post.
Templates: Creative Card Candy (My Time Made Easy) Cut Files: Framed Elegance, Creative Card/Envelope 1, Fanciful Flowers Stamps: Framed Elegance, Bold Botanicals (both from My Time Made Easy) Paper: Serenity (My Time Made Easy), Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso cs (Stampin Up!) Ink: Rich Cocoa & Angel Pink (Memento), VersaMark Accessories: White Opal Liquid Pearls, Clear embossing powder, Pearls, Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Lily White glitter (Doodlebug Designs), Babys Breathe Shimmer Spritz Challenges: JUGS69
Happy Sunday, hopefully you are having a wonderful weekend. I cannot believe January is almost over!! Time to start thinking about those Valentines. Today I used the Shutt-erfly template from My Time Made Easy to make this little Valentine goodie box. The inspiration for the colors are from the Mon Cheri kit from Paper Makeup Stamps. The sentiment panel is from the kit too so there was no stamping on this project. Easy as pie to put together... gotta love those quick and easy projects!! I love the ribbon and flowers on the top, here's a "birds-eye view"...
Templates: Shutt-erfly (My Time Made Easy) Paper: Smokey Slate (Gina K), Be Mine (Echo Park), Vanilla (SU!) Accessories: Hearts border punch (Martha Stewart) Challenges: JUGS68
Giving gift cards and gift certificates have become so much more fun since I've discovered all of the fabulous ways to package them! This is for one of my friends... she has a thing for Tiffany's, thus the Tiffany blue "purse". I was thinking she could use the purse (Tote-all package from MTME) to hold her saved up cash for her Tiffany charm, or for her craft-cash-stash. The pocket on the front of my card, which holds a little tag for a Gift-cert to My Time Made Easy, is part of the Tote-all Package template from MTME. The colors for my card are for this weeks Just Us Girls color challenge: coral, aqua & green. Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a fabulous week.
Template: Tote-all Package (My Time Made Easy) Stamps: Money Well Spent (My Time Made Easy) Paper: Hawaiian Shores cs (PTI), White cs (Bazzil), Slug Bug dsp (Paper Loft) Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento) Accessories: Daisy border punch (Martha Stewart), Rolled Flower Dienamic (MFT), misc ribbons, pearls & brads Challenges: JUGS67
Whew! Today, not only do I get to show off another awesome peek from the PMS January release, but I am also playing with my friend Debbie at The Shabby Tea Room challenge blog! Today's Shabby Tea challenge is to make a card or project celebrating 2011 by using 11 elements! I have used 8 brads, 2 ribbons & a heart charm! What a great challenge. Thanks so much Debbie and her awesome DT for letting me help out today! Make sure you pop over to TSTR challenge blog to see more fabulous goodies that'll surely get your mojo a flowin'.
If you haven't already read, this month PMS has a very "heart-y" release. My image is from the Sending My Love set, to be released at Paper Makeup Stamps on Friday the 7th. Make sure you head over to the PMS Blog to get some more peeks at the other images in this very "Valentine-y" set. My card layout was inspired by the fabulous JUGs girls and their awesome sketch for this week! Thanks for popping in, tomorrow be sure to visit the PMS Blog for another bunch of peeks in to this months release.
Stamps: Sending my Love (Paper Makeup Stamps) Paper: Enchanted Evening, Vintage Cream and White cs (PTI) Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento) Accessories: misc heart charm (Michaels), Heart border punch (Martha Stewart); dsp, ribbons, and brads are all from a Key Ingredients Kit (Taylored Expressions) Challenges: Shabby Tea Room, JUGS65
This week's JUG's has a template challenge and it's sponsored by Lauren from My Time Made Easy. You can go here for all the deets on the challenge and the giveaway. I used the In Suspense template and scaled it down to 75% (because I wanted to use this paper and only had a partial piece left and of course no ink in my printer, lol!). I wanted to incorporate a little more brown in my project so I cut the back piece at 75% in brown, but then cut it again at 70% in the pink polka dot paper...perfect spacing for a "mat" look! This was really a last minute idea (putting this together), and it came together so quickly and easily! Perfect for that "Oh no! Tomorrow is so-n-so's birthday and I forgot a gift!" I would have filled the box with candies or chocolate covered espresso beans, but I didn't have any on hand and it's too late to get to a store. Of course I needed a little gift card to go with it :)
Template: In Suspense (My Time Made Easy) Stamps: Caffeine Trip (Paper Makeup Stamps) Paper: All Steamed Up digi paper (My Time Made Easy), Chocolate Brown (Gina K) Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Tuxedo Black (Memento), Tuscan Tan (Vivid) Accessories: Brown ribbon (Taylored Expressions), Pink Button (SU!), Brown Corduroy Brads (SU!), pearls Copics: C0, 1, E44, R22, 24, 27 Challenges: JUGS56
I LOVED this week's Mojo Monday sketch!!! And this week, JUGs has a Technique Challenge... the creative juices started flowing and voila! I have always loved the way the Cracked Glass creations look, but I've never tried it myself...OMG is it ever easy peasy!!! I used the Old Fashioned Christmas set from JustRite (I won it from the Dare to Get Dirty challenges on SCS!!). The Figi Pudding papers have that perfect old fashioned look to with the image! This is still one of my favorite Christmas Paper packs!
Stamps: Old Fashioned Christmas(JustRite) Paper: Figgy Pudding (Basic Gray) Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Coffee Bean (Vivid) Accessories: Chocolate ribbon (PTI), brown glitter dots Challenges: Mojo154, JUGS49
Today we are peeking some adorable Fairies and some cute little Critters! Head on over the PMS Blog to see some more peeks.
Today I used Bubbles and the Best Wishes sentiment (the sentiment is free with all orders this month!). I cut the bubbles out seperately and popped them up with some dimensionals. I also stamped a couple of extra bubbles to add to the sentiment piece... love these bubbles! You can't see it very well, but Bubbles has a "Sapphire" necklace (I used a teeny Dark Blue rhinestone). Thanks for popping in, check back tomorrow for another Sneak Peek!
Stamps: Bubbles & Best Wishes (Paper Makeup Stamps) Paper: The Thrifty Shop (October Afternoon), Enchanted Evening (PTI), Barely Banana (SU!) Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (Versafine) Accessories: 1/16" Old Gold ribbon (Fabric Barn), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Label Punch (SU), medium Oval Punch (SU!), rectangle and scalloped rectangle Nesties, Brads (Basic Gray), Taylores Tiny Twinkles (Taylored Expressions) Copics: BG0000, 000, C00, Y13, 15, YR04, 07, 0 colorless blender, .03 Multiliner Challenges: JUGS49
Stamps: Kiss & Makeup set (Paper Makeup Stamps) Paper: Pink Home mat stack (MME), Intense Teal (Prism), White (Neenah) Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine) Accessories: Olive candy dots (Pebbles Inc), scalloped square and square nesties, Stitch doodle dot template (Taylored Expressions), circle nesties Challenges: M4TW39, JUGS47, TESC125
** If you are looking for my Farm Fresh Friday card, please scroll down to the next post**
Happy Friday! Welcome to another Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge. This week's challenge was to use Lime Green, Turquoise and Kraft (with either Black or White for a neutral). Check out the PMS Blog for more deets. Sorry for the quick post, but it's nearly mid-night and I still have work to do :(. I'll be back with more deets, but I used the Scensational Perfume set by Paper Makeup Stamps for this card and the sketch is last week's JUGS challenge.
Stamps: Scentsational Perfume (Paper Makeup Stamps) Paper: from the Celestial Possibilities kit (Paper Makeup Stamps) Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (VersaFine) Accessories: Pool Smooch, Lime Green rhinestones (misc & Taylored Expressions), Oval and Scalloped Oval punches (SU!), Black Satin ribbon (PTI), border punch (Martha Stewart), scalloped rectangle nesties Challenges: JUGS45
